TAKING THE PULSE OF HUMANITY

Gavin Francis is a GP and writer who combines an Edinburgh practice with award winning non fiction books. His Adventures in Human Being was a Radio 4 book of the week and he had huge success on both sides of the Atlantic with Shapeshifters, A Journey Through the Changing Human Body. He has travelled all seven continents including an epic motor bike trip from Scotland to New Zealand and has written two books on exploring Arctic Europe and Antarctica.